When sixteen-year-old gladiator Jaz escapes slavery in the arena, all she wants is to live free somewhere in the Four Suns. That is, until she meets Deni, a bounty hunter searching for the kidnapped prince of Salfi, the son of the woman who killed Jaz's parents. Jaz joins Deni's crew to find the prince, but she doesn't care about the massive reward. She wants to kill the prince and avenge her parents' deaths.Trained from childhood to fight in the arena, Jaz knows how to survive on her own. Now she must learn to depend on others if she is to find the prince. But even as Jaz finds a family in Deni's motley crew, she must hide her murderous intentions from them. If she gets payback for her parents' murders, the crew will lose the reward they desire.As they close in on the prince, Jaz must decide whether to kill him and betray her friends or leave her family unavenged.